Purpose:

To install a school bus loading zone on Yatescastle Drive, adjacent to the Blessed Margherita Catholic School.

Source of funds:

All costs associated with the installation of the loading zone are included within the 1998 operating budget.

Recommendation:

That By-law No. 32759, of the former City of North York, be amended to install a school bus loading zone on the east side of Yatescastle Drive, from a point 39 metres north of Spenvalley Drive to a point 30 metres northerly thereof.

Council Reference/Background/History:

Currently, stopping is prohibited on the east side of Yatescastle Drive, from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday to Friday, adjacent to Blessed Margherita Catholic School. Parking is permitted for up to a maximum of three hours on the west side of the street.

Comments and/or Discussion and/or Justification:

Staff of the Transportation Services Division of the Works and Emergency Services Department are in receipt of a request from Mr. Mario B. Pasta, Principal, Blessed Margherita Catholic School, to install a school bus loading zone on the east side of Yatescastle Drive, adjacent the school.

Mr. Pasta has indicated that the loading zone is required to provide for the drop off and pick up of physically challenged students. Currently, the bus operators must activate the flashing beacons, thereby stopping traffic in both directions on Yatescastle Drive.

Conclusions:

In order to accommodate Mr. Pasta’s request and to reduce traffic delays in the area, this division would support the installation of the school bus loading zone on the east side of Yatescastle Drive, adjacent to the Blessed Margherita Catholic School.

Contact Name:

Allen Pinkerton, Supervisor of Traffic Investigations

395-7463 (telephone)

395-7482 (facsimile)

ajpinker@city.north-york.on.ca (E-Mail)